Private(voluntary) health spending as share of GDP UK 2000-2021

In 2021 spending on private/voluntary healthcare accounted for 0.6 percent of GDP. The share has generally increased since 2000 when private/voluntary healthcare spending was just 0.48 percent of GDP. This statistic displays the annual spending on private (voluntary) healthcare as a share of GDP in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2021.

Annual spending on private (voluntary) healthcare as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2021

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Health care is financed through a mix of financing arrangements including government spending and compulsory health insurance (“Government/compulsory”) as well as voluntary health insurance and private funds such as households’ out-of-pocket payments, NGOs and private corporations (“Voluntary”). This indicator is presented as a total and by type of financing (“Government/compulsory”, “Voluntary”, “Out-of-pocket”) and is measured as a share of GDP, as a share of total health spending and in USD per capita (using economy-wide PPPs).

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